Seversky Recommends Separate Air Force

"Aviation in war should no longer be an adjunct of the Army and Navy, but should be an independent arm used as the major factor in our striking force," Alexander de Seversky, noted flyer, plane designer, and aerial strategist told the newsmen's Institute on War Problems last night at the Faculty Club.

No land or sea action is possible unless fighter planes can gain control of the air, he replied to critics of his lately published book "Victory Through Air Power," backing up his argument with the British failures in Malaya and Burma, and with the abortive German attempt at an invasion of England.